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Long gone are the days of Earl Campbell and Eddie George. Bishop Sankey and David Cobb are now the present and future, at least for as long as this coaching staff is employed by the Tennessee Titans. Drafted in consecutive years, respectively, the ladder pick has brought some competition to Tennesse2015-07-29 00:39:527/23: EndZone Score- Next Level &#8211; Latavius Murrayhttp://www.endzonescore.com/next-level-latavius-murray/21461
In this segment, one player from the 2014 season is going to go under the microscope and reasoning will be shown as to why this player will take their game to the next level in 2015. Would you look at that, two Oakland Raiders players back-to-back, have the Raiders become one of the most intriguing 2015-07-23 16:40:407/23: FootballPerspective.com- Reggie Bush, After 9 NFL Seasonshttp://www.footballperspective.com/reggie-bush-after-9-nfl-seasons/
There&#8217;s no better college football writer than Matt Hinton, and his latest article &#8212; The Ghost of Reggie Bush &#8212; is a good example of Matt&#8217;s typically thorough work. Thinking about Bush now, there&#8217;s no denying that he has failed in the NFL to deliver on his oversized hyp2015-07-23 00:37:577/21: FootballPerspective.com- Checkdowns: Quarterbacks with Rings and MVP Awardshttp://www.footballperspective.com/checkdowns-quarterbacks-with-rings-and-mvp-awards/
There are 23 quarterbacks who have won both a championship (as a starter) and a Most Valuable Player award in professional football history. Can you name them? First, let&#8217;s get to the fine print: To determine championships, I began in 1936. I awarded half a ring to each of the championship qua2015-07-21 00:37:557/20: The Landry Hat- Dallas Cowboys: Will this Running Back make fans forget DeMarco?http://thelandryhat.com/2015/07/20/dallas-cowboys-will-this-running-back-make-fans-forget-demarco/
With the Dallas Cowboys signing All-Pro wide recevier Dez Bryant to a five-year contract last week, one of the biggest offseason questions for this franchise has been answered. With training camp in Oxnard, California starting in less than two weeks, the biggest question going in to camp is: Who wil2015-07-20 16:40:207/16: FootballPerspective.com- Most Dominant Fantasy Players Since 1950: Running Backshttp://www.footballperspective.com/most-dominant-fantasy-players-since-1950-running-backs/
Yesterday, we looked at the most dominant quarterbacks in fantasy history. Today, the running backs, using the methodology described yesterday. Let&#8217;s look at the three best seasons in fantasy history, since all shed light on the formula here. Those three are LaDainian Tomlinson, 2006, which is2015-07-16 00:37:577/12: EndZone Score- Marshawn Lynch takes on all-comers in kickballhttp://www.endzonescore.com/marshawn-lynch-takes-on-all-comers-in-kickball/20540
Marshawn Lynch continues to make headlines off-the-field and not for reasons you may think. After a recent appearance on the Conan O&#8217;Brien ShowÂ that saw him dive into a massive bowl of skittles, the Pro Bowl running back may have upped the ante. From the video below Lynch shows courtesy of ms2015-07-12 20:40:386/24: FootballPerspective.com- Career Leaders In Yards Per Carry (Era-Adjusted)http://www.footballperspective.com/career-leaders-in-yards-per-carry-era-adjusted/
In 2008, Jamaal Charles had 67 carries and averaged 5.33 yards per carry. Those 67 carries represent 5% of Charles&#8217; career attempts to date (excluding playoffs). That season, the NFL league average was 4.20 yards per carry, which means Charles was 1.12 (after rounding) YPC above average in 2002015-06-24 00:37:556/19: FootballPerspective.com- Workhorses: Career Leaders in Percentage of Team Yardshttp://www.footballperspective.com/workhorses-career-leaders-in-percentage-of-team-yards/
Was Walter Payton the biggest workhorse in NFL history? In 1977, he gained 43.5% of Chicago&#8217;s total offensive yards. The next year, it was 39.5%, and the year after that, it was 39.1%. Payton also was responsible for 37.8% of the Bears output in &#8217;76, 36.2% of the team&#8217;s yards in &#2015-06-19 00:37:576/18: FootballPerspective.com- Single-Season Leaders in Yards From Scrimmage (Percentage of Team Total)http://www.footballperspective.com/single-season-leaders-in-yards-from-scrimmage-percentage-of-team-total/
In 1999, Marshall Faulk set the NFL record for yards from scrimmage in a season with 2,429. That mark still stands as the 2nd best in NFL history, and Faulk was truly dominant that season. But while Faulk may have been the key cog in the St. Louis machine, he wasn&#8217;t the whole machine. St. [&#82015-06-18 00:38:076/17: Jim Zorn's Lemma- Peak Numbers, Career Numbers, and the Eyeball Test: The Top 25 Running Backs of the Super Bowl Era (Part I)http://jimzornslemma.com/2015/06/peak-numbers-career-numbers-and-the-eyeball-test-the-top-25-running-backs-of-the-super-bowl-era-part-i/
Running backs have been on my mind lately. Â In part this is because Dave Dameshek listed his top-25 running backs of the Super Bowl Era on his football program a few episodes ago, and in part it&#8217;s because I read &#8230; Continue reading &#8594;2015-06-17 18:38:316/4: FootballPerspective.com- Single Season Yards From Scrimmage Over “Worst Starter” Baselinehttp://www.footballperspective.com/single-season-yards-from-scrimmage-over-worst-starter-baseline/
Yesterday, we looked at the career leaders in yards from scrimmage over &#8220;worst starter.&#8221; Today, letâs look at the single-season list. Chris Johnson set the single-season record for yards from scrimmage in 2009, when he totaled an incredible 2,509 yards. But that&#8217;s not the record 2015-06-04 00:36:166/3: FootballPerspective.com- Career Yards From Scrimmage Over &#8220;Worst Starter&#8221; Baselinehttp://www.footballperspective.com/career-yards-from-scrimmage-over-worst-starter-baseline/
Last week, we looked at the career leaders in rushing yards over worst starter; today, we use the same methodology but with yards from scrimmage. Let&#8217;s use Walter Payton&#8217;s 1977 season as an example. That season, the NFL had 28 teams, and the 28th-ranked player in yards from scrimmage gai2015-06-03 00:35:466/1: FootballPerspective.com- Single Season Rushing Yards Over &#8220;Worst Starter&#8221; Baselinehttp://www.footballperspective.com/single-season-rushing-yards-over-worst-starter-baseline/
On Friday, I looked at the career rushing leaders in &#8220;yards over worst starter.&#8221; Today, let&#8217;s look at the single-season list. In 1963, Jim Brown rushed for 1,863 yards in a 14-team NFL. The baseline that year was 541 yards, which represents the 14th highest individual rushing total2015-06-01 00:35:535/29: FootballPerspective.com- Career Rushing Yards Over &#8220;Worst Starter&#8221; Baselinehttp://www.footballperspective.com/career-rushing-yards-over-worst-starter-baseline/
Last year, DeMarco Murray led the NFL with 1,845 rushing yards. The 32nd-ranked rusher last season rushed for 570 yards, which means Murray rushed for 1,275 yards more than the Nth-ranked rusher, with N representing the number of teams in the NFL. That&#8217;s obviously excellent, although not quite2015-05-29 00:35:485/27: NFL Spin Zone- 15 Bold Predictions: No. 1: Adrian Peterson to dominate againhttp://nflspinzone.com/2015/05/27/15-bold-predictions-no-1-adrian-peterson-dominate/
With NFL 2015 right around the corner, it&#039;s once again time for my Bold Predictions. That means I&#039;ll be compiling &#34;15&#34; very interesting forecasts when it comes to the upcoming season. Of course, some of these statements may seem outlandish, but that&#039;s because they will be fa..2015-05-27 09:37:535/24: FootballPerspective.com- Steven Jackson and Running Back Records When Carrying 20+ Timeshttp://www.footballperspective.com/steven-jackson-and-running-back-records-when-carrying-20-times/
A quick data dump today. Since 1960, players who record 20+ carries in a game were on the winning side of things 72.7% of the time. Steven Jackson, however, is just 30-31-1 in his 62 games where he has had at least 20 carries. Given that we would &#8220;expect&#8221; a player to win 45.1 games [&#822015-05-24 00:35:465/11: Toro Times- Are The Texans Still Under The Shadow Of The Houston Oilers?http://torotimes.com/2015/05/11/texans-still-shadow-houston-oilers/
As the Houston Texans prepare to enter their 14th season in the league, the team is still trying to permanently etch its own identity on the landscape into the minds and hearts of Houston sports fans. Since I attended therecent celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Houston Astrodome,I can&#039;2015-05-11 09:40:424/22: City of Champions- Pittsburgh Steelers: Is Troy Polamalu The Best Safety In Team History?http://cityofchampionssports.com/2015/04/21/pittsburgh-steelers-troy-polamalu-best-safety-team-history/
With Troy Polamalu safely in retirement mode, the Pittsburgh Steelers will wait for their next great safety to come along. Is that player already on the team? Probably not. Given the performance of Mike Mitchell in his debut season in Black and Gold in 2014, unless he makes a significant turna...2015-04-22 00:37:334/12: FootballPerspective.com- Which Running Backs Played With Best Passing Games?http://www.footballperspective.com/which-running-backs-played-with-best-passing-games/
Adjusted Net Yards per Attempt is the best simple measure of quarterback play. ANY/A is defined as (Gross Passing Yards + 20 * PassTDs &#8211; 45 * INTs &#8211; Sack Yards Lost) divided by (Pass Attempts + Sacks).Â Relative ANY/A, or RANY/A, is simply ANY/A minus league average. I looked at the 1002015-04-12 00:35:524/2: FootballPerspective.com- History of Trading The First Overall Pick In The NFL Drafthttp://www.footballperspective.com/history-of-trading-the-first-overall-pick-in-the-nfl-draft/
Since 1970, there have been just nine times where two teams agreed on a trade knowing that it was for the first overall draft pick. Will a trade up for Jameis Winston make number ten? Let&#8217;s go in reverse chronological order and look at every instance since the AFL-NFL merger when the first ove2015-04-02 00:40:573/31: The Game Before the Money- THE SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE — A FAMILY THEN AND NOWhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thegamebeforethemoney/xaUK/~3/U5YpduG55PY/
The Southwest Conference Hall of Fame Induction brought hundreds to the Governor&#8217;s Ballroom at the Austin Hilton. Inductees included four football players: Cotton Davidson of Baylor University, Eric Metcalf of the University of Texas, Bill Montgomery of Arkansas, and Dan Irons of Texas Tech. O2015-03-31 14:39:143/22: FootballPerspective.com- Trivia: Leader in Rushing Yards per Game over a 3-year Periodhttp://www.footballperspective.com/trivia-leader-in-rushing-yards-per-game-over-a-3-year-period/
Last year, I built a trivia question around the leaders in receiving yards per games over a 3-year period. Today, the same thing but for rushing. The table below shows every player to average at least 75 rushing yards per game over a 3-year period, with a minimum of at least 100 carries in each [&#82015-03-22 08:36:033/16: FootballPerspective.com- Patrick Willis and the Hall of Famehttp://www.footballperspective.com/patrick-willis-and-the-hall-of-fame/
There are six modern players in the Hall of Fame who primarily played the inside linebacker position.1 Ray Lewis will be number seven. Brian Urlacher, who retired the same year as Urlacher, will likely be number eight. And Patrick Willis is now very likely to be number nine. There is only one knock 2015-03-16 00:35:533/1: FootballPerspective.com- Greatest Running Back of All Time: Wisdom of Crowds Recaphttp://www.footballperspective.com/greatest-running-back-of-all-time-wisdom-of-crowds-recap/
On February 20th, Football Perspective hosted a âWisdom of Crowdsâ election with respect to the question: Who is the Greatest Running Back of All Time?â¢ Well, Football Perspective guest commenter Adam Steele offered to count the ballots, and I&#8217;ll chime in with some commentary. There were2015-03-01 23:35:542/8: Golden Gate Sports- Is Frank Gore a Hall of Famer?http://goldengatesports.com/2015/02/06/frank-gore-hall-famer/
Frank Gore has been the face of the San Francisco 49ers, a pillar of stability in the ever-changing world of professional football. He&#039;s the most prolific running back in storied history of the 49ers&#039; franchise, leading all ball-carriers in rushing yards by a wide margin, and is second in.2015-02-08 00:37:352/2: Emerald City Swagger- Super Bowl Backlash: Should Darrell Bevell Be Fired?http://emeraldcityswagger.com/2015/02/01/super-bowl-backlash-darrell-bevell-fired/
The Seattle Seahawks are down 28-24 with :30 seconds remaining in the Super Bowl.Theyhave second-and-goal from the one yard line, and the best running back in the NFL in the backfield. Possibly the best short yardage back since Earl Campbell. And what play do they run? Ricardo Lockette on a sl...2015-02-02 00:38:032/1: FootballPerspective.com- Career Rushing Yards over 50 Rushing Yards In Gameshttp://www.footballperspective.com/career-rushing-yards-over-50-rushing-yards-in-games/
Congrats to the newest members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. You can read my thoughts on the candidates here; while this class is not exactly the one I would have picked, Jerome Bettis, Tim Brown, Charles Haley, Junior Seau, Will Shields, and Mick Tingelhoff were all outstanding players. In addi2015-02-01 11:36:071/29: Sports Dallas Fort-Worth- Dallas Cowboys Need To Find A Way To Keep Murrayhttp://sportdfw.com/2015/01/29/dallas-cowboys-need-find-way-keep-murray/
The Dallas Cowboys had a memorable season. Going 12-4 during the regular season, winning the NFC East title, and beating the Detroit Lions to advance to the second round of the playoffs. Tony Romo led the league in quarterback rating (113.2), became the Cowboys all time leading passer, Dez Bryant le2015-01-29 09:38:1912/21: FootballPerspective.com- Alfred Morris and Production Through Three Yearshttp://www.footballperspective.com/alfred-morris-and-production-through-three-years/
Alfred Morris was just a sixth round pick. During his rookie season, he happened to play alongside the eventual offensive rookie of the year. Since then, RG3 has continued to dominate headlines, while Morris continues to plug away without garnering a fraction of the attention. For example, did you k2014-12-21 01:35:5812/3: The Game Before the Money- Legendary Insights â€” An Evening with Doug English//feedproxy.google.com/~r/thegamebeforethemoney/xaUK/~3/QPZCfUSUP_E/
An excited crowd of football fans congregated at BookPeople bookstore in Austin, Texas on November 13, 2014, celebrating the release of The Game before the Money: Voices of the Men Who Built the NFL, and relishing a chance to meet NFL All-Pro and College Football Hall of Fame inductee Doug English. 2014-12-03 08:40:5811/26: Bear Goggles On- Chicago Bears Thanksgiving Games: Fast Factshttp://beargoggleson.com/2014/11/26/chicago-bears-thanksgiving-games-fast-facts/
The Chicago Bears head to the Motor City to take on the Lions in the 75 Thanksgiving Day Classic. The Bears are no strangers to playing on Turkey Day. Here are some fast facts of Chicago Bears Thanksgiving Games: A version of the Bears have been playing on Thanksgiving since 1920 when the Decatur...2014-11-26 20:39:3711/17: Horseshoe Heroes- Aftermath: Colts Left Blue &amp; Gray'dhttp://horseshoeheroes.com/2014/11/17/aftermath-colts-left-blue-grayd/
This year&#039;s team, particularly its defense, felt different. Yet, it&#039;s another season with the same old story. It&#039;s hard to forget that the New England Patriots bounced the Colts out of last year&#039;s playoffs. In the divisional round, then-Patriots&#039; running back LeGarret...2014-11-17 17:41:0311/17: The Game Before the Money- Legendary Insights â€” An Evening with Doug Englishhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thegamebeforethemoney/xaUK/~3/QPZCfUSUP_E/
An excited crowd of football fans congregated at BookPeople bookstore in Austin, Texas on November 13, 2014, celebrating the release of The Game before the Money: Voices of the Men Who Built the NFL, and relishing a chance to meet NFL All-Pro and College Football Hall of Fame inductee Doug English. 2014-11-17 15:44:0411/14: The Landry Hat- Dallas Cowboys DeMarco Murray Rushing for Historyhttp://thelandryhat.com/2014/11/14/dallas-cowboys-demarco-murray-rushing-history/
The Dallas Cowboys have been blessed with elite running backs in their history. When names like Emmitt Smith and Tony Dorsett hang in the Ring of Honor, it&#8217;s hard to imagine anyone overshadowing the seasons that were amassed in Big D. Then walks in running back DeMarco Murray. Coming into t...2014-11-14 16:42:3311/13: FootballPerspective.com- Sixteen Straight Losseshttp://www.footballperspective.com/sixteen-straight-losses/
Can you think back to November 18, 2013? Lorde&#8217;s &#8220;Royals&#8221; was the number one song in the country. The price of gas was $3.30/gallon. Barack Obama was the President. And Matt McGloin (3 touchdowns, no interceptions) and Rashad Jennings (150 rushing yards) had just led the Raiders to2014-11-13 00:36:0111/5: 12th Man Rising- Seattle Seahawks: Pete Carroll's Optimism Is Justifiedhttp://12thmanrising.com/2014/11/05/seattle-seahawks-fundamentals-killing-team/
The players and coaches of the Seattle Seahawks spoke to the media after Sunday&#039;s victory and two quotes stuck with me: &#34;This was, I think, the closest we&#039;ve been to being on it.&#34; Pete Carroll opened his Monday press conference with that little nugget. This guy is so incredibly p..2014-11-05 14:44:2710/31: The Backup Punter- DeAngelo Williams: The NFL&#8217;s Greatest Unrealized Talenthttp://thebackuppunter.com/2014/10/31/deangelo-williams-the-nfls-greatest-unrealized-talent/
DeAngelo Williams has very quietly put together one of the most impressive careers at running back of any active player in the NFL.. Â The Carolina Panthers running back sits 65th on the league&#8217;s all-time rushing yards list, and is T-13th on the all-time yards per carry list, narrowly trailing2014-10-31 10:45:089/16: SOX &amp; Dawgs- UConnâ€™s Kevin Ollie To Be Honored With Ray Meyer College Coach Of Year Awardhttp://soxanddawgs.com/huskies/articles/uconn-kevin-ollie-to-be-honored-with-ray-meyer-college-coach-of-year-award.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=uconn-kevin-ollie-to-be-honored-with-ray-meyer-college-coach-of-year-award
UConn men's basketball coach Kevin Ollie, who guided the Huskies to the 2014 NCAA National Championship in just his second season as head coach, will be honored Wednesday as "The Ray Meyer College Coach of the Year" by the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame.2014-09-16 01:36:508/24: The Landry Hat- Five Reasons To Be Happy Following the Cowboys, Dolphins Gamehttp://thelandryhat.com/2014/08/24/five-reasons-happy-cowboysdolphins-game/
5. Running back Ryan Williams After three unsuccessful and injury-plagued seasons in the NFL, the 24-year old Williams is finally reminding fans why he was a second round pick out of Virgina Tech in 2011. The former Cardinal has put together a nice preseason for the Cowboys so far and appears to be.2014-08-24 16:39:008/24: FootballPerspective.com- Checkdowns: Rushing Attempts Leaders Over Three-Year Periodshttp://www.footballperspective.com/checkdowns-rushing-attempts-leaders-over-three-year-periods/
Over the last three years, no player has recorded more carries than Marshawn Lynch. But while Lynch&#8217;s 901 carries may lead the league, that&#8217;s a pretty low number, at least in modern history. The 2011-2013 seasons very nearly became the first three-year period where no running back had 902014-08-24 00:35:528/19: The Game Before the Money- Best I Remember â€” Running Backshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thegamebeforethemoney/xaUK/~3/H7ftrLQGRoo/
Iâll preface by saying I never saw Jim Brown play. Iâm also too young to remember O.J. Simpson or Larry Csonka in their primes. I wonât dig into statistics about yards per carry, adjusted yards per offensive line, or total yardage in games 34 degrees or cooler. Posts under the heading âBest 2014-08-19 14:40:228/9: FootballPerspective.com- Thoughts on Jerome Bettis and Running Back Sizehttp://www.footballperspective.com/thoughts-on-jerome-bettis-and-running-back-size/
Jerome Bettis is a polarizing Hall of Fame candidate. I&#8217;m on the fence with the Bus; I don&#8217;t think he&#8217;s as deserving as Steelers fans think, but he&#8217;s a more deserving candidate than those who mostly remember end-of-career-Bus remember. One thing I&#8217;ve heard from time to 2014-08-09 00:35:538/3: FootballPerspective.com- Touchdowns in Losseshttp://www.footballperspective.com/touchdowns-in-losses/
A fun trivia question from Scott Kacsmar this week: The most TD passes a QB threw in one season in games he LOST is 25. Name the QB, and if you can, the year. Here&#8217;s the answer: Who is the career leader in touchdown passes in losses? Who is the single-season leader in rushing touchdowns [&#8232014-08-03 00:36:007/18: FootballPerspective.com- The Best Adjusted Rushing Teams of All Timehttp://www.footballperspective.com/the-best-adjusted-rushing-teams-of-all-time/
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a list of the best rushing teams in 2013 using Adjusted Yards per Carry. That metric, you may recall, is calculated as follows: Rushing Yards + 20*RushingTDs + 9*RushingFirstDowns We can use the same formula to grade every team across history. To account for era and q2014-07-18 00:35:537/8: FootballPerspective.com- Examining the variation in rushing throughout NFL historyhttp://www.footballperspective.com/examining-the-variation-in-rushing-throughout-nfl-history/
There is no doubt that in modern times, passing is king. But until pretty recently, we were at the peak level in NFL history with respect to individual rushing performance. On the team level, rushing production ebbed and flows, with high points in the late &#8217;40s, mid-&#8217;50s, and mid-&#8217;2014-07-08 00:35:567/2: The Game Before the Money- This Might Surprise You: Steve Largenthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thegamebeforethemoney/xaUK/~3/G3a5HeX5jYQ/
Several players held the NFLâs all-time reception after 1970. Don Maynard, Charley Taylor, Charlie Joiner and Art Monk are among the names who claimedÂ the title before Jerry Rice. Steve Largent is another receiver who held that distinction. OLD SCHOOL THINKING Largent played his entire career wit2014-07-02 17:40:067/2: FootballPerspective.com- Steven Jackson and Running Back Recordshttp://www.footballperspective.com/steven-jackson-and-running-back-records/
One of my very first posts at Football Perspective looked at the weighted career winning percentages of various running backs. You can calculate a player&#8217;s weighted career winning percentage in lots of ways, but here&#8217;s what I did: Calculate the percentage of yards from scrimmage a runnin2014-07-02 00:36:046/14: NFL's Greatest- Most Dominant Running Backs: By Seasonhttp://nflsgreatest.co.nf/2014/06/most-dominant-running-backs-by-season/
We recently looked at the most dominant running backs in NFL history by counting only yards gained after the first 100 (and 120, 150, 180, and 200) in each game. Today, we&#8217;ll examine great running backs throughout history by applying a similar method to entire seasons. A 1000 yard season is ge2014-06-14 12:38:206/13: Titan Sized- Titans Fan Poll Results: Matthews, McNair among Greatesthttp://titansized.com/2014/06/13/titans-fan-poll-results-matthews-mcnair-among-greatest/
Who&#039;s the greatest player in Tennessee Titans, (Tennessee) and Houston Oilers history? Titan Sized asked that question a couple weeks ago after NFL.com media analyst Elliot Harrison selected the all-time greatest players for each organization. His choice for the Tennessee Titans, Houston Oilers2014-06-13 10:38:176/12: NFL's Greatest- Most Dominant Running Backs: By Gamehttp://nflsgreatest.co.nf/2014/06/most-dominant-running-backs-by-game/
I have always felt that looking at career leaderboards for stats like passing, rushing, and receiving yards can be a misleading endeavor. Vinny Testaverde has more yards than Joe Montana, Jerome Bettis has more yards than Earl Campbell, and Irving Fryar has more yards than Michael Irvin. I doubt any2014-06-12 20:37:565/29: Titan Sized- Best in Titans, Oilers History? NFL Writer Chooses Bruce Matthewshttp://titansized.com/2014/05/29/best-titans-oilers-history-nfl-writer-chooses-bruce-matthews/
NFL.com media analyst Elliot Harrison selected the all-time greatest players for each organization. His choice for the Tennessee Titans, Houston Oilers franchise: Bruce Matthews. Below was his explanation: TENNESSEE TITANS: BruceMatthews, offensive lineman Went back and forth on Earl Campbell an...2014-05-29 08:37:514/25: FootballPerspective.com- Percentage of Team Rushing Yards by Running Backhttp://www.footballperspective.com/percentage-of-team-rushing-yards-by-running-back/
Peyton Manning&#8217;s time in Indianapolis was peppered with record-breaking moments that have been very well-publicized. But a relatively unknown record occurred during the nascent days of the Manning Era. In 1999, Edgerrin James rushed for 1,553 yards, an impressive accomplishment in any era. But2014-04-25 00:35:584/5: NFL's Greatest- Greatest running back, volume IIhttp://nflsgreatest.co.nf/2014/03/greatest-running-back-volume-ii/
Yesterday, I discussed the career numbers of 88 select running backs throughout NFL history. Today, we&#8217;ll take a look at their per game numbers. This will give you a better idea of how dominant a back was throughout his career. Naturally, players like Jim Brown and Barry Sanders who retired yo2014-04-05 02:38:173/15: FootballPerspective.com- How Bad Was Ray Rice in 2013?http://www.footballperspective.com/how-bad-was-ray-rice-in-2013/
The 2013 season was a disaster for Ray Rice, and 2014 isn&#8217;t off to a very good start, either. Last season, Rice carried 214 times for just 660 yards and four touchdowns, producing an anemic 3.1 yards per carry average. On November 9th, I asked whether Rice was already washed up; at the time it2014-03-15 00:35:592/13: FootballPerspective.com- Adrian Peterson&#8217;s 2012 Season Lacked Some Juicehttp://www.footballperspective.com/adrian-petersons-2012-season-lacked-some-juice/
When I went on the Advanced NFL Stats Podcast in late December, I discussed my use of Z-scores to measure the Seattle pass defense. Host Dave Collins asked me if I was planning on using Z-scores to measure other things, like say, Adrian Peterson&#8217;s 2012 season. I told him that would be an inter2014-02-13 23:35:501/3: FootballPerspective.com- Wildcard Preview: New Orleans at Philadelphiahttp://www.footballperspective.com/wildcard-preview-new-orleans-at-philadelphia/
Kansas City/Indianapolis Preview New Orleans Saints (11-5) (+2.5) at Philadelphia Eagles (10-6), Saturday 8:10 PM ET We&#8217;re fully immune to the Saints offense at this point. Drew Brees just threw for for 5,162 yards and 39 touchdowns and it didn&#8217;t even register on most radars. One reason 2014-01-03 23:36:341/3: FootballPerspective.com- Wildcard Preview: Kansas City at Indianapolishttp://www.footballperspective.com/wildcard-preview-kansas-city-at-indianapolis/
Kansas City Chiefs (11-5) (Pick&#8217;em) at Indianapolis Colts (13-3), Saturday 4:35PM ET Among the four games this weekend, this one figures to be the most competitive: I would be surprised if this isn&#8217;t a one possession game in the fourth quarter. The Colts rank 13th in Football Outsiders D2014-01-03 16:36:4511/8: FootballPerspective.com- Is Ray Rice Already Washed Up?http://www.footballperspective.com/is-ray-rice-already-washed-up/
In many ways, the post-Ray Lewis Ravens have flown under the radar. The defending Super Bowl champions are just 3-5, thanks mostly to a mediocre offense. But unless you have Ray Rice on your fantasy team, you probably haven&#8217;t noticed just how rough a season the star running back is having. Of 2013-11-08 23:36:2411/1: FootballPerspective.com- Chris Johnson is the career leader in average length of rushing touchdownhttp://www.footballperspective.com/chris-johnson-is-the-career-leader-in-average-length-of-rushing-touchdown/
Not too surprising, I suppose. This includes all rushing touchdowns, including in the postseason, but does not include rushing touchdowns for 2013, not that it matters very much for Chris Johnson. :rimshot: All players with at least 30 rushing touchdowns are included since 1940. Finally, statistical2013-11-01 00:36:1510/30: Sports Out West- Is Frank Gore a Hall of Famer?http://www.sportsoutwest.com/2013/10/30/is-frank-gore-a-future-hall-of-famer/
Frank Gore had another solid performance for the San Francisco 49ers in Week 8. Gore, the franchise&#8217;s all time leading rusher, gained 71 yards on 19 carries and found the end zone twice in the Niner&#8217;s 42-10 dismantling of the Jacksonville Jaguars. The 71 yards on the ground gave Gore 9,42013-10-30 08:36:279/10: FootballPerspective.com- Yards per Carry and Points per Drivehttp://www.footballperspective.com/yards-per-carry-and-points-per-drive/
I&#8217;ve written a couple of times about &#8220;yards per carry&#8221; as a key statistic to grade running backs. The usual argument in favor of using YPC is that a running back who rushes for 1200 yards on 300 carries is less valuable, all else being equal, than one who rushes for 1200 yards on 22013-09-10 00:36:498/21: FootballPerspective.com- The Best Skill Position Groups Everhttp://www.footballperspective.com/the-best-skill-position-groups-ever/
The Atlanta Falcons have a pretty good group of skill position players. Tony Gonzalez has a comfortable lead on Jerry Rice&#8217;s career receptions pace; Gonzalez will one day become the first tight end inducted into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot. Steven Jackson is a borderline Hall of Famer2013-08-21 00:36:098/17: FootballPerspective.com- Did Bill Belichick Invent the Two Tight End Offense?http://www.footballperspective.com/did-bill-belichick-invent-the-two-tight-end-offense/
Here&#8217;s the short answer: No. The Cincinnati Bengals appear to be moving to a two-tight end offense in 2013, with first round pick Tyler Eifert joining former first rounder Jermaine Gresham. Since Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez began dominating the league, the two-tight end offense has beco2013-08-17 00:35:598/12: FootballPerspective.com- Examining Games with More than 15 Carrieshttp://www.footballperspective.com/examining-games-with-more-than-15-carries/
Running back workload is a very difficult topic to tackle, and I don&#8217;t expect to make much of an indent into the subject today. But I do want to take a few minutes and look at some ways to measure heavy workloads. One school of thought is that the effect of carries is cumulative: Not [&#8230;]2013-08-12 00:36:197/1: FootballPerspective.com- Some Initial Thoughts Running Backshttp://www.footballperspective.com/some-initial-thoughts-running-backs/
I&#8217;ve spent a lot of time this offseason looking at how to grade wide receivers; today I wanted to get some initial thoughts down on paper on running backs. I&#8217;m short on time today, which means a lot of data and not so much theory. One of the more underrated statistics to measure running 2013-07-01 00:35:544/25: FootballPerspective.com- Eric Fisher Would Become First #1 Pick from a MAC Schoolhttp://www.footballperspective.com/eric-fisher-would-become-first-1-pick-from-a-mac-school/
A recap of every #1 pick in NFL and AFL Draft History, along with their conference affiliations: Tweet2013-04-25 18:35:554/12: FootballPerspective.com- Which Player Has Scored the Most Game-Winning Touchdownshttp://www.footballperspective.com/which-player-has-scored-the-most-game-winning-touchdowns/
Five years ago, Doug wrote an interesting post about game-winning touchdowns. Let&#8217;s be clear: tracking things like game-winning touchdowns is only interesting in a trivial sort way, but hey, it&#8217;s April. Football doesn&#8217;t have a statistic like &#8220;game-winning RBIs&#8221; the way 2013-04-12 00:36:002/24: FootballPerspective.com- Projecting Trent Richardson and Alfred Morris, a year laterhttp://www.footballperspective.com/projecting-trent-richardson-and-alfred-morris-a-year-later/
In the pre-season, I wrote three pieces on Cleveland Browns rookie Trent Richardson.Â As part of a thought experiment, I wondered who would lead the NFL in rushing yards from 2012 to 2021? I narrowed my finalists to LeSean McCoy, Beanie Wells (was I drunk?), DeMarco Murray (ouch), Richardson and th2013-02-24 23:35:432/6: FootballPerspective.com- NFL Retired Numbers, Player Deaths, and the Stories Behind Themhttp://www.footballperspective.com/nfl-retired-numbers-player-deaths-and-the-stories-behind-them/
The table below lists every retired number for each of the 32 franchises. It also lists each player&#8217;s career AV (starting in 1950), position(s), and years with the team. Each column is sortable, and you can use the search box to search by team (or uniform number, or position, or anything else)2013-02-06 23:35:471/7: FootballPerspective.com- Jamaal Charles&#8217; 2012 was one of the most inconsistent seasons in RB historyhttp://www.footballperspective.com/jamaal-charles-2012-was-one-of-the-most-inconsistent-seasons-in-rb-history/
A couple of weeks ago, I heard my buddy and co-worker Sigmund Bloom say on the Footballguys Podcast that Jamaal Charles was having one of the craziest seasons ever. As Sigmund noted, Charles has been an incredibly frustrating fantasy player. This year, he had three games with 10 or fewer rushing yar2013-01-07 23:35:4812/29: FootballPerspective.com- Checkdowns: Career rushing stats in wins and losseshttp://www.footballperspective.com/checkdowns-career-rushing-stats-in-wins-and-losses/
Yesterday, I noted that Adrian Peterson is averaging nearly two more yards per rush in losses than wins. He&#8217;s also averaging a nearly identical number of rushing yards per game in wins and losses. As you&#8217;re about to see, that&#8217;s pretty rare. We all know that wins are correlated with2012-12-29 23:35:4512/27: FootballPerspective.com- Week 16 Power Rankingshttp://www.footballperspective.com/week-16-power-rankings/
What&#8217;s the point of power rankings now that there is just one week left in the regular season? If you&#8217;ve asked that question, you are implicitly saying that power rankings serve a purpose earlier in the year! If you want to see the playoff picture, I laid that out earlier this week, so I2012-12-27 23:35:3312/18: FootballPerspective.com- NYT Fifth Down: Post-week 15http://www.footballperspective.com/nyt-fifth-down-post-week-15/
A double post at the New York Times this week. Did you know that Alex Smith is seven attempts away from qualifying for eligibility for certain rate-based statistics? If Jim Harbaugh wants to game the system &#8212; and this is Harbaugh &#8212; he could ptobably that Smith breaks the completion perce2012-12-18 10:35:3411/22: FootballPerspective.com- Checkdowns: Best Thanksgiving Performanceshttp://www.footballperspective.com/checkdowns-best-thanksgiving-performances/
Stump your family with some Football Perspective trivia today. The tables below show the leaders in various categories in all games played on Thanksgiving since 1960. Most passing yards Most passing touchdowns Most rushing yards Most receiving yards Most rushing/receiving touchdowns Tweet2012-11-22 12:35:4110/27: FootballPerspective.com- Trivia of the Day â€“ Saturday, October 27thhttp://www.footballperspective.com/trivia-of-the-day-saturday-october-27th/
Last week, I noted that Calvin Johnson was trying to become just the third player since 1970 to lead the NFL in receiving yards in consecutive seasons. The rushing crown is much more likely to go to the same player; in fact, ten rushing champions since 1973 also led the league in rushing yards in [.2012-10-27 00:36:0910/10: FootballPerspective.com- Career Rushing Yards over 50 yards in each gamehttp://www.footballperspective.com/career-rushing-yards-over-50-yards-in-each-game/
Career statistics can be very misleading, since a player can hang around for a bunch of meaningless years but really pad his totals. Six years ago, Doug came up with a system that only counted the receiving yards a player recorded after his first 1,000 receiving yards each season. I&#8217;m going to2012-10-10 00:36:3610/3: FootballPerspective.com- NYT Fifth Down: Post-week 4http://www.footballperspective.com/nyt-fifth-down-post-week-4/
This week at the New York Times Fifth Down Blog I selected my quarter-season MVP: If The Associated Press named a most valuable player of the first quarter of the season, Atlanta Falcons quarterbackÂ Matt Ryan would be the likely selection. He is leading an offense that has been as good as any in th2012-10-03 00:37:117/3: FootballPerspective.com- Is Matt Forte an elite running back?http://www.footballperspective.com/is-matt-forte-an-elite-running-back/
Let&#8217;s flash back to December 1, 2011. At the time, Chicago Bears star Matt Forte was having the best season of his career and making a claim to being one of the league&#8217;s top five running backs. He was leading the league in yards from scrimmage. He was averaging 5.0 yards per rush. He als2012-07-03 12:54:08